Senior Project Manager

Description

• Programme governance and delivery discipline (planning, RAID, change control, budgeting, vendor management).
• Strong understanding of risk/regulatory context and ability to translate requirements into executable plans and acceptance criteria.
• Executive communication and facilitation; able to drive decisions and resolve conflicts across senior stakeholders.
• Comfort with data/technology delivery concepts (lineage, controls, integration, SDLC/testing) and regulator-ready documentation.
• High integrity, confidentiality mindset, and strong problem-solving under ambiguity.
• Own the integrated programme plan (scope, milestones, dependencies, resourcing) and drive delivery across all workstreams.
• Run governance (SteerCo/working groups), including decision logs, action tracking, RAID, and disciplined change control.
• Lead stakeholder alignment across ERM/Risk, Finance/Reg Reporting, Treasury/ALM, Business, and Technology; unblock execution and drive decisions.
• Own outcomes and benefits tracking (opportunity register, quick wins, remediation actions) with validated sign-offs and evidence packs.
• Ensure regulator-/audit-ready quality: acceptance criteria, traceability from source data to RWA outcomes, and three-lines-of-defence alignment.
• Coordinate third parties and internal teams, and lead adoption/handover into BAU (training, playbooks, runbooks).
• 15–20 years leading large, cross-functional programmes in banking/financial services (Tier-1 / D-SIB preferred).
• Delivery track record in risk/regulatory and/or finance transformation, including capital/RWA and Basel III/IV-related change.
• Strong matrix leadership across ERM/Risk, Finance, Treasury/ALM, Business, and Technology; experienced driving senior decisions.
• Experience with enterprise data and controls (data quality, lineage, reconciliations) and technology-enabled delivery.
• Real world, hands on experience delivering analytics and/or Gen AI solutions into production within regulated banking environments.
• Bachelor’s degree required (Business, Finance, Engineering, Computer Science, or related). Master’s degree (MBA/MS) preferred.
• Project/Programme certification preferred (PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe, or equivalent) or demonstrably equivalent senior delivery experience.
• Risk/regulatory credentials are a plus (e.g., FRM) but not mandatory.